Carolyn Roncolato
Competing Aims
by Carolyn Roncolato I am racked with worry that my one year old is sick yet again, for what feels like the one-millionth time (but I think is actually the…
Read MoreFeeling all the Feelings
by Carolyn Roncolato This week I started a new job after being the primary care giver for our son for the past year. This was also Ben’s first week of…
Read MoreA Process Christmas
by Carolyn Roncolato The standard Christmas story- preached from pulpits, performed in pageants, colored on cards, and sung in songs- depicts Jesus as some sort of perfect God baby- “the cattle…
Read MoreWISDOM CRIES OUT IN THE STREET
by Carolyn Roncolato The black students of University of Missouri have been on my heart these last two weeks. I am moved by their bravery, their wisdom, their furry, and…
Read MoreA NEW INTEREST IN HEAVEN
by Carolyn Roncolato I often invite students to bring to class their most befuddling theological question. This week a friend asked me what mine is- I quickly answered “the afterlife.” Though…
Read MoreBLACK MOTHER GOD
By Carolyn Roncolato We are an adoptive family. Our son is black and my partner and I are white. This has been a particularly intense year to be white parents…
Read MoreCO-CREATING A NEW WAY
By Carolyn Roncolato My partner and I tried to get pregnant for seven years- seven years of waiting, doctor’s visits, tests, medications, treatments, special diets, etc. I prayed ceaselessly, not…
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